Reviews, Views and Adventures in Content Creation

Friday, November 18, 2011

Today's Vlogger Interview features Harrison Houde, a teen YouTuber from Vancouver, Canada. He's also a professional actor (he was in the first "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" film as Darren Walsh - the kid with the "Cheese Touch"). He's also a podcaster, a blogger, a young entrepreneur - and an entirely new kind of young filmmaker (and just about a universe away from my super-8 days!)

I chose Harrison as my first teen vlogger interview for several reasons. He's interested in learning and improving his creative process as an actor and vlogger - and shares his experiences and advice as an actor and vlogger with other young YouTubers.

He's also a hard worker. At the first VidCon, I doubt whether there were many attendees who didn't, at some point, see Harrison and his dad racing around the conference, as he made himself known to as many YouTubers as possible (and earning a few valuable shout-outs that helped build his channel).

Harrison, of course, has the extraordinary self-confidence that young actors need, but manages to balance ambition with a positive attitude. In short, I think he's a good citizen of the YouTube community.